Enabling them to deliver the PTC product suite to its customers, a leading provider of enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, QAD Inc., announced it has joined the PTC Channel Advantage™ Program. The partnership is especially significant for manufacturers who already use QAD Solutions to run their global business processes and would like to further improve efficiencies around product development by adding complementary PLM solutions.
a comprehensive set of integrated business solutions designed for a new generation of software users, QAD Enterprise Applications, are already installed at some 6,100 customer sites in more than 90 countries. QAD, as a PTC Channel Advantage Reseller, will now be able to introduce the PTC Product Development System (PDS) to customers in the High Technology, Automotive, Industrial Equipment and Life Sciences industries. The integral PTC PDS is comprised of market-leading Mathcad®, Arbortext®, Windchill®, Pro/ENGINEER®, and ProductView™ products, which have been designed to work together to help companies optimize their product development processes.
A “one-stop-shop” for QAD customer ERP and PLM needs will be offered by this parthership. Customers, with the addition of PTC product development solutions to their existing QAD implementation, will be able to realize improved product quality, significant cost savings, shortened project cycles, increased customer satisfaction and enhanced market positioning. QAD’s deep knowledge of manufacturing industry processes, strong international presence and its ability to now also provide customers in its targeted vertical markets with a comprehensive PLM solution that complements their enterprise manufacturing solutions, is a prime advantage of this partnership.
QAD becomes, by way of this agreement, a “Total Solution Provider” for PTC solutions. QAD and PTC, together, can provide enterprise services, data management services, strategic business solutions, training and conversion services to customers worldwide. PTC’s Channel Advantage Program was recently chosen out of a multitude of vendor programs by VARBusiness Magazine to be named a 5-Star Partner Program.
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